How Iowa's unusual caucus tradition launches US election
Washington (AFP) - The 2024 US presidential election officially kicks off later this month, when voters in the rural farm state of Iowa head to school gymnasiums and public libraries to deliberate over who should become their party's nominee for the White House. This Midwestern state of three million people is proud of the unusual "caucus" system it employs to determine how many delegates will represent the respective candidates at the parties' national nominating conventions in the summer. So, what is a caucus? - At a caucus, participants physically show their candidate preference by gatheri...